Pencil-holder



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B. F. ESHELMAN.

PENCIL HOLDER. No. 328,767. Patented Oct. 20,1885.

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BENJAMIN F. ESHELMAN, OF HARLAN, IOWA.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,767, dated October 20, 1885.

' Application filed August 21, 1885. Serial No. 175,024.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ESHEL- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harlan, in the county of Shelby and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Ho1ders,.of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved pencil-holder. Fig. 2 repre sents a similar view with the bars g and h on the same side of the clasps.

My invention relates to devices attached to a garment-pocket and adapted to hold pencils, a tooth-brush,or other small articles; and my invention consists in forming the holder of a continuous piece of wire, the said wire being bent to form any suitable number of clasps for securing the inserted pencils, 8m, as I shall hereinafter describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now describe its construction and the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents one end of the wire which constitutes the holder. This wire is formed with an eye, a, after which it is bent downward a suitable distance,when it makes a return bend, and is carried to the top and slightly above the eye a. The wire is bent across and downward again, and the operation continued until any suitable number of clasps B are formed, the sides of the clasps being preferably slightly curved, as seen at b, and the the top portions bent slightly to one side, and curved to correspond to the configuration of the pencil or other article to be inserted.

After the last clasp B has been completed the end 0 of the wire is carried upward to near the top of the clasps, and an eye, d,

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formed, after which the said wire passes in front of the clasps B, and forms the bar 9, against which the pencil is held, and thence through the eye a, and finally is carried to the rear of the clasps and across same, forming the bar h, which limits the movement of the upper end of clasps,until it engages and passes through the eye d, when the device is completed by securing the end 0 by a simple twist or by any suitable means.

In the operation of the device the holder is attached to the pocket, and the pencil or other article inserted in any one of the clasps. This movement forces that portion of the wire which forms the individual clasp B outward, the springy nature of the wire securely holding the article to its place.

In Fig. 2 the bars 9 and h are on the same side, and therefore do not limit the action of the spring loops or clasps. This construction is more easy to manufacture and answers the same purpose.

I am aware it is not new to construct a pencil-holder of wire and I am also aware that holders for pencils have been constructed of sheet metal and adapted to hold a pencil, and these features I therefore do not broadly claim; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a pencil'holder composed of a continuous piece of wire provided with aseries of return bends, which form the clasps B,and the bars 9 and h, arranged at the side of the clasps, the pencil or other article being held between the clasps and the bars, substantially as herein described.

BENJAMIN F. ESHELMAN.

Witnesses:

S. H. WATTERS, D. B. SHELLER. 

